Patents Assigned to Hutshinson
  • Patent number: 7201380
    Abstract: A dynamic seal for a rotary shaft, the seal comprising a sleeve for being constrained in rotation on the shaft and an annular lip of polymer having a low coefficient of friction to come into sliding rotary contact with a stationary casing surrounding said shaft so that the dynamic seal provides sealing between said shaft and said casing. An annular encoder element of magnetizable polymer and presenting at least one polarized mark is secured to said sleeve and forms a support for said lip. The invention also provides a device including such a seal, and a method of fabricating the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Hutshinson
    Inventor: Bernard Branchereau